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Topic: Old prints (e.g. Ken Films, Marketing, U-8, UFA, etc) that have held color
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted February 17, 2012 12:55 PM
Well, either that, or they chose the cheaper method and just released them on black and white. Reel Images was a neat company that released some very RARE titles ...
One of which is "Marx Brothers promo reel". This was a full five minute sequence that was never seen in thier hilarious film, "Monkey Business", although they do a different version of it in the film, (this is the scene where they all do Maurice Chevalia impersonations while on the boat!) ...
This reel has all four going to an gaent's office trying to be signed up by him, and proceed to tear apart his whole office. This version of it was actually part of thier stage play from the 1920's, "I'll Say She Is" (maybe Shorty or someone else can correct me on that if I'm wrong) ....
... and, it is an incredibly rare chance to see the Marx Brothers performing some of thier stage work!
I have this, but please note ...
The focus is incredibly soft. Sound is fine. Still, an incredible collectors choice for a Marx Brothers fan, and all due to "Reel Image"!
Sorry to get off track here, folks
-------------------- "All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted May 03, 2012 01:11 PM
Boy! Both of those prints have faired very well Doug, which isn't always the case with Universal 8 especially, (unless your lucky enough to run into an unfaded batch of the good Kodak SP, like on my "Battlestar Galactica")
Greats screenshots from that "Northwest Passage" as well. One of the great qualities of Agfa, is that it can at times, add a slightly stronger green spectrum to a print, which in most cases, enhances the color and seems to bring it closer to a technicolor feel. I have the part 2 of the German Marketing Digest of STAR WARS, on Agfa, and the color is incredibly saturated and I must honestly say, the facial tones are actually better than what I have on my STAR WARS feature from Derann. It really is lovely to look at.
-------------------- "All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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Elyas Tesfaye
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 520
From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted March 20, 2013 08:26 PM
Hi all, thanks to Doug Meltzer, our Mr. Moderator Extraordinaire, I am glad to put up these scenes from a digest of Carquake I used to own. Doug wanted to know what all scenes made it into this digest, so I will let the beautiful screen shots tell their story even better, as after all, a picture is worth a thousand words !!!
Cheers, ET
P.S: More super 8 print reviews coming soon ))!!!
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